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Pink-washed Looper Moth

Enigmogramma basigera

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 15, February 19, March 17, April 32, May 19, June 14, July 9, August 9, September 14, October 11, November 20, December 17.
United States740
Texas174
North Carolina65
Alabama52
South Carolina47
Virginia45
Georgia44
Louisiana43
Maryland41
Mississippi30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusEnigmogramma

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